Greg Giraldo in Critical Condition After Overdose ( Has Passed )

Betallsports · Sep 27, 2010

Last Comic Standing judge Greg Girando reportedly overdosed on prescription drugs and was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J.
This happened Saturday, ironically just hours after he performed at a rally to mark National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, the New York Post reports.
Giraldo was found unresponsive during a party at his hotel in East Brunswick, where the comedian performed a string of shows at the Stress Factory comedy club.

Like fellow comedian Artie Lange, who also battled substance abuse issues, Greg Giraldo has appeared on the Howard Stern show and Comedy Central roasts.
He is believed to be in stable but critical condition. Several sources are calling the father of three's overdose accidental. Here's wishing him a speedy, full recovery.

bucsfan67 · Sep 27, 2010

damn, sorry to hear that.....

steaktartar · Sep 27, 2010

accidental?..............he took 8 every 2 hours instead of 2 every 8 hours?

JakeT. · Sep 27, 2010

steak tartar said:
accidental?..............he took 8 every 2 hours instead of 2 every 8 hours?

Word I'm hearing is he took the correct dosage... of the wrong pills.

steaktartar · Sep 27, 2010

Jake T. said:
Word I'm hearing is he took the correct dosage... of the wrong pills.

ok that makes little more sense.........allergic reaction?

JakeT. · Sep 27, 2010

steak tartar said:
ok that makes little more sense.........allergic reaction?

Not even sure.

All I know is that I could handle 6 aspirin easier than 6 oxycontins.

WorldNumberOne · Sep 27, 2010

bummer... father of 4 .. he is funny dude .

hybrid · Sep 27, 2010

hes hilarious hope he gets well.

barman · Sep 27, 2010

May have involved mixing with alcohol and he made a foolish calculation as to a mixture that would not result in near-fatal reaction.

honzie · Sep 27, 2010

I'm surprised to hear this but probably shouldn't be. He's a bright guy and one of the funniest standups out there.

Buster · Sep 27, 2010

artie coming back....

Howard Stern sidekick Artie Lange became a fan favorite after years of publicly battling his demons on the air. But he has been absent from Stern's satellite radio show for all of 2010 after his failed suicide attempt during the holidays last year. Fans call in each week on the show to try and find out updates on the comic, but Stern and his crew have had very little to say beyond brief updates about quick conversations they've had with him here and there.

Now comes news that will make Lange's fans breathe a sigh of relief. The comic appears to be getting ready to get back to work, at least in nightclubs.

E! reports that Lange made an appearance at a New York City comedy club over the weekend, marking the first time he's been onstage this year.

"Yes Artie performed two 20- to 25-minute sets Friday and Saturday, and he was as funny as ever," said a spokesman for the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village.

A fan from the audience talked to E! and said "he seemed fine. He was speaking with these other comedians and he was joking around. Everyone was very very happy to see him and it was a very nice occasion."

Fellow comic Craig Gass, a Stern regular, posted a picture of Lange on his Facebook fan page. Lange (below left) appeared shaven and skinnier than he did for most of 2009 as he battled his demons.

Stern was very vocal about how details of Lange's struggles were made public in January. "I would love to know who the scumbag is who releases that to the press, because this is a private matter," Stern said on air. "I don't know what to say. I work with Artie, I love Artie. Everyone has their demons, including myself, but he's wrestling with some serious stuff ... When I heard the news it was too much to bear."

Lange's mother had discovered Lange she entered his Hoboken apartment in January and found him with multiple "hesitation wounds" and three deep plunges. A source close to Lange's management team confirmed that Howard Stern's sidekick stabbed himself. Surgeons managed to save him.

After seeing extensive coverage of Lange's condition, Stern commented, "I thought we were out of the woods with that and it wouldn't come out. I was surprised and glad that Artie's situation had been kept quiet ... I'm angry about it, I'm sad about it. I don't know what to think. I'm all over the place emotionally."

Lange has had a history of substance abuse issues, including when he checked himself into a rehab clinic in late 2008. In 2009, Lange was busted for DUI (prescription sleeping pills) after crashing his car into Toms River in July.

Stern has never attempted to fill the seat vacated by Lange. He is currently weighing what to do when his Sirius/XM contract expires at the end of 2010.

The return of Artie comes on a day where Stern fans are certainly concerned about another show regular: comic Greg Giraldo, who is in critical condition after overdosing on pills.

Buster · Sep 27, 2010

tried searching for his original suicide attempt thread but of course i am still too stupid to use the new search function on this site...sorry...

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'Last Comic Standing' judge Greg Giraldo hospitalized for overdose

September 28, 2010 | 11:05 am

Stand-up comic Greg Giraldo was hospitalized for an accidental overdose of prescription drugs Saturday night, the New York Post reports.
A Comedy Central regular and judge on "Last Comic Standing," Giraldo was found unresponsive during a party in his New Jersey hotel room after performing at the Stress Factory in East Brunswick, N.J.
The 44-year-old comic, initially in critical condition according to the Post's source, was breathing on his own by Sunday.

In addition to his four nights at the club, the recovering alcoholic had been booked to appear Saturday afternoon at the New York Recovery Rally, billed as an event to "celebrate recovery from addiction." -- Christie D'Zurilla

WorldNumberOne · Sep 28, 2010

Classic Giraldo : " Pam Anderson is here.. I have jerked off to you so many times.. In fact , I've spilled more seed than Muhammad Ali at a bird feeder "

bigtendominator · Sep 28, 2010

World Number One said:
Classic Giraldo : " Pam Anderson is here.. I have jerked off to you so many times.. In fact , I've spilled more seed than Muhammad Ali at a bird feeder "

That was classic.

He also had some great ones at the the Flavor Flava Roast (don't remember, may have been someone else).

WorldNumberOne · Sep 28, 2010

from the pam anderson roast ...

after making a comment to tommy lee about the sex tape video and him having a huge dick he says :

" pam , youre a vegetarian yet you have no problem swallowing a moose cock "

WorldNumberOne · Sep 28, 2010

bigtendominator said:
That was classic.

He also had some great ones at the the Flavor Flava Roast (don't remember, may have been someone else).

" i've never roasted an oily cadaver before " " you're like a turd with teeth "

at the hasselhoff roast " david , you were on knight rider right ? , wow , you use to have a car that started when you talked to it , now you have one that wont start when you blow into it "

D2bets · Sep 29, 2010

Apparently he didn't make it, Greg Giraldo died today. Damn.

If it comes in 3's, Schimmel....Giraldo.....?

WorldNumberOne · Sep 29, 2010

D2bets said:
Apparently he didn't make it, Greg Giraldo died today. Damn.

If it comes in 3's, Schimmel....Giraldo.....?

link ? cant find any info on his death.. last thing i read was he was stable and breathing on his own..

what a shame if its true .. 4 kids . this guy had a harvard law degree . bet not many people know that

JakeT. · Sep 29, 2010

World Number One said:
link ? cant find any info on his death.. last thing i read was he was stable and breathing on his own..

what a shame if its true .. 4 kids . this guy had a harvard law degree . bet not many people know that

It's on TMZ.

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